A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
 

A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

by Thomas Sowell

Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes this pattern. He describes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the "constrained" vision, which sees human nature as unchanging... (read more)

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Sowell's "A Conflict of Visions" is just exceptional. How can people of good intentions hold two opposite beliefs of the world? As Sowell writes, “Conflicts of interests dominate the short run, but conflicts of visions dominate history.” A book that, again, will change how you view the world, or at the least help you understand how others do. Sowell is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. You can learn more about...

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  • marshponds

    marshponds said:

    This book is a road map to understanding different political opinions. Invaluable for understanding those moments when another point of view makes no sense! A good ideological explanation why the same people that are for gun control also believe in conserving the environment.

    posted Tuesday, December 4 2007
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